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Irish Travellers

Index Irish Travellers

Irish Travellers (an lucht siúil, meaning 'the walking people') are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group who maintain a set of traditions. [1]

117 relations: Allele, Appleby Horse Fair, Ballinasloe Horse Fair, Bare-knuckle boxing, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Bill Paxton, Birth defect, Birth rate, Boulder, Colorado, British Newspaper Archive, Cant (language), Caravan (towed trailer), Caravan Sites Act 1968, Carny, Catholic Church, CBS High School Clonmel, Census of Ireland 2011, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Charles Haughey, Cohabitation, Common land, Consanguinity, Continental Europe, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, County Tipperary, Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cultural assimilation, Cultural catholic, Dale Farm, Democratic Unionist Party, Department of Health (Ireland), Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Diaspora, Eddie Izzard, Egyptians, England, Environmental inequality in Europe, Ethnic group, European Parliament, Evening Telegraph (Dundee), Faith healing, Founder effect, Galactosemia, Government of the 17th Dáil, Great Britain, Great Famine (Ireland), Greyhound, Gypsy Lore Society, ..., Halting site, Hernando, Mississippi, Hiberno-English, Home counties, Horse slaughter, Icelanders, Idiom, Irish language, Irish people, Itinerant groups in Europe, John Sampson (linguist), Julie Bindel, King of the Travellers, Knacker, Kuno Meyer, Law of the Republic of Ireland, Law of the United Kingdom, London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Harrow, London boroughs, Lurcher, Mark Wahlberg, Memphis, Tennessee, Mendicant, Metabolic disorder, Minnie Driver, Motor vehicle, Mullingar, Multiculturalism, Murphys Estates, South Carolina, Nevin (surname), New Age travellers, North Augusta, South Carolina, Northern Ireland, Norwegians, Pavee Point, Pejorative, Pidgin, Republic of Ireland, Romani language, Romani people, Romanichal, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Scotland, Scottish Gypsy and Traveller groups, Self-employment, Shelta, Showman, Snatch (film), Social integration, Standpoint (magazine), Sunday Mirror, Teen marriage, The Riches, Tinker, Traveller (1997 film), Tuam, United Kingdom, United States, United States Census, University College Dublin, University of Edinburgh, Vocabulary, Wage labour, White Settlement, Texas, Xenophobia, Yenish people. Expand index (67 more) »

Allele

An allele is a variant form of a given gene.

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Appleby Horse Fair

The Appleby Horse Fair calls itself "an annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria, England.".

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Ballinasloe Horse Fair

The Ballinasloe Horse Fair is a horse fair which is held annually at Ballinasloe, the second largest town in County Galway, in the western part of Ireland.

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Bare-knuckle boxing

Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle, prizefighting, fist fight or fisticuffs) is the original form of boxing, closely related to ancient combat sports.

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Big Fat Gypsy Weddings

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is a British documentary series broadcast on Channel 4, that explored the lives and traditions of several Irish Traveller families as they prepared to unite one of their members in marriage.

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Bill Paxton

William Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor and director.

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Birth defect

A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is a condition present at birth regardless of its cause.

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Birth rate

The birth rate (technically, births/population rate) is the total number of live births per 1,000 in a population in a year or period.

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Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Boulder County, and the 11th most populous municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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British Newspaper Archive

The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitised archives of British newspapers.

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Cant (language)

A cant (or cryptolect, or secret language) is the jargon or argot of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group.

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Caravan (towed trailer)

A caravan, travel trailer, camper or camper trailer is towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent (although there are fold-down trailer tents).

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Caravan Sites Act 1968

The Caravan Sites Act 1968 (c. 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which resulted in the provision of 400 halting sites in the UK - where there had been no council-sites before.

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Carny

Carny, also spelled carnie, is an informal term used in North America for a traveling carnival employee, and the language they use, particularly when the employee plays a game ("joint"), food stand ("grab" or "popper"), or ride at a carnival.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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CBS High School Clonmel

CBS High School Clonmel (Ardscoil na mBráithre), is a second level Christian Brothers school in Clonmel, County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Census of Ireland 2011

The Census of Ireland 2011 was held on Sunday, 10 April 2011.

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Central Statistics Office (Ireland)

The Central Statistics Office (CSO; An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years.

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Charles Haughey

Charles James Haughey (16 September 1925 – 13 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach on three different occasions, 1979 to 1981, March 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1992.

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Cohabitation

Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together.

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Common land

Common land is land owned collectively by a number of persons, or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.

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Consanguinity

Consanguinity ("blood relation", from the Latin consanguinitas) is the property of being from the same kinship as another person.

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Continental Europe

Continental or mainland Europe is the continuous continent of Europe excluding its surrounding islands.

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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are publications on the annual human rights conditions in countries and regions outside the United States, submitted annually by the United States Department of State to the United States Congress.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649–53) refers to the conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Cultural assimilation

Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group.

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Cultural catholic

A cultural catholic is a person who identifies with catholic traditions but does not actively practice the religion.

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Dale Farm

Dale Farm is a plot of land situated on Oak Lane in Crays Hill, Essex, United Kingdom, and until October 2011, was the site of one of the largest Traveller concentrations in the UK, at its height housing over 1,000 people, along with the adjacent Oak Land site.

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Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Department of Health (Ireland)

The Department of Health (An Roinn Sláinte) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Health (DoH, An Roinn Sláinte, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Poustie) is a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (An Roinn Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Diaspora

A diaspora (/daɪˈæspərə/) is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.

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Eddie Izzard

Edward John Izzard (born 7 February 1962) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer and political activist.

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Egyptians

Egyptians (مَصريين;; مِصريّون; Ni/rem/en/kīmi) are an ethnic group native to Egypt and the citizens of that country sharing a common culture and a common dialect known as Egyptian Arabic.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Environmental inequality in Europe

Environmental racism in Europe has been documented in relation to racialized immigrant and migrant populations alongside Romani (Roma/Gypsy), Yenish, Irish Traveller, and communities (such as the Sami, Komi, and Nenets) from within continental borders.

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Ethnic group

An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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Evening Telegraph (Dundee)

The Evening Telegraph is a local newspaper in Dundee, Scotland.

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Faith healing

Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice.

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Founder effect

In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.

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Galactosemia

Galactosemia (British galactosaemia, from Greek γαλακτόζη + αίμα, meaning galactose + blood, accumulation of galactose in blood) is a rare genetic metabolic disorder that affects an individual's ability to metabolize the sugar galactose properly.

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Government of the 17th Dáil

The 17th Dáil was elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and first met on 11 November when the 10th Government of Ireland was appointed.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Greyhound

The Greyhound is a breed of dog; a sighthound which has been bred for coursing game and Greyhound racing.

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Gypsy Lore Society

The Gypsy Lore Society was founded in Great Britain in 1888 to unite persons interested in the history and lore of Gypsies and rovers and to establish closer contacts among scholars studying aspects of such cultures.

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Halting site

A halting site (or caravan site) is a facility constructed for the accommodation of Irish Travellers and other nomadic groups.

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Hernando, Mississippi

Hernando is a city in and the county seat of DeSoto County, which is on the northwest border of Mississippi, United States.

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Hiberno-English

Hiberno‐English (from Latin Hibernia: "Ireland") or Irish English is the set of English dialects natively written and spoken within the island of Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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Home counties

The home counties are the counties of England that surround London (although several of them do not border it).

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Horse slaughter

Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption.

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Icelanders

Icelanders (Íslendingar) are a Germanic ethnic group and nation, native to Iceland, mostly speaking the Germanic language Icelandic.

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Idiom

An idiom (idiom, "special property", from translite, "special feature, special phrasing, a peculiarity", f. translit, "one's own") is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Irish people

The Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture.

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Itinerant groups in Europe

There are a number of traditionally itinerant or travelling groups in Europe who are known as "travellers" or "gypsies".

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John Sampson (linguist)

John Sampson (1862 – 1931) was an Irish linguist.

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Julie Bindel

Julie Bindel (born 20 July 1962) is an English writer, radical feminist, and co-founder of the law-reform group Justice for Women, which since 1991 has helped women who have been prosecuted for killing violent male partners.

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King of the Travellers

King of the Travellers is a 2012 Irish revenge drama written and directed by Mark O'Connor.

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Knacker

A knacker is a person in the trade of rendering animals that have died on farms or are unfit for human consumption, such as horses that can no longer work.

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Kuno Meyer

Kuno Meyer (20 December 1858 – 11 October 1919) was a German scholar, distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature.

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Law of the Republic of Ireland

The law of Ireland consists of constitutional, statute and common law.

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Law of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has three legal systems, each of which applies to a particular geographical area.

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London Borough of Brent

The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in north west London, and forms part of Outer London.

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London Borough of Harrow

The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of north-west London, England.

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London boroughs

The London boroughs are 32 of the 33 local authority districts of the Greater London administrative area (the 33rd is the City of London).

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Lurcher

The lurcher is the offspring of a sighthound mated with another breed, most commonly a pastoral breed or a terrier type of dog.

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Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, rapper, and songwriter.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mendicant

A mendicant (from mendicans, "begging") is one who practices mendicancy (begging) and relies chiefly or exclusively on charitable donations to survive.

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Metabolic disorder

A metabolic disorder can happen when abnormal chemical reactions in the body alter the normal metabolic process.

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Minnie Driver

Amelia Fiona "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is an English actress and singer-songwriter.

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Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trams and used for the transportation of passengers, or passengers and property.

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Mullingar

Mullingar is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland.

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Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is a term with a range of meanings in the contexts of sociology, political philosophy, and in colloquial use.

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Murphys Estates, South Carolina

Murphys Estates is a neighborhood in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States.

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Nevin (surname)

Nevin is a surname of Irish (Gallowglass) origin.

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New Age travellers

New Age travellers are persons who often espouse New Age and hippie beliefs, and travel between music festivals and fairs, in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs.

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North Augusta, South Carolina

North Augusta is a city in Aiken and Edgefield counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, on the north bank of the Savannah River.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Norwegians

Norwegians (nordmenn) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Norway.

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Pavee Point

Pavee Point (PP) is a government-funded non-governmental organisation based in Dublin, Ireland that was formed to improve the human rights of Irish Travellers and to bridge the economic and social inequalities between Travellers and settled people.

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Pejorative

A pejorative (also called a derogatory term, a slur, a term of abuse, or a term of disparagement) is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative connotation or a low opinion of someone or something, showing a lack of respect for someone or something.

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Pidgin

A pidgin, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Romani language

Romani (also Romany; romani čhib) is any of several languages of the Romani people belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.

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Romani people

The Romani (also spelled Romany), or Roma, are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group, living mostly in Europe and the Americas and originating from the northern Indian subcontinent, from the Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Sindh regions of modern-day India and Pakistan.

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Romanichal

The Romanichals, also Romnichals, Rumnichals or Rumneys, are a Romani sub-group in the United Kingdom and other parts of the English-speaking world.

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Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI; Coláiste Ríoga na Máinleá in Éirinn) is a professional association and educational institution that is responsible for the medical speciality of surgery throughout the island of Ireland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Gypsy and Traveller groups

Scottish Travellers, or the people in Scotland loosely termed gypsies or travellers, consist of a number of diverse, unrelated communities that speak a variety of different languages and dialects that pertain to distinct customs, histories, and traditions.

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Self-employment

Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer.

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Shelta

Shelta (Irish: Seiltis) is a language spoken by Irish Travellers, particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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Showman

Showman can have a variety of meanings, usually by context and depending on the country.

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Snatch (film)

Snatch (stylized as snatch.) is a 2000 British-American crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast.

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Social integration

Social integration is the process during which newcomers or minorities are incorporated into the social structure of the host society.

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Standpoint (magazine)

Standpoint is a monthly British cultural and political magazine.

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Sunday Mirror

The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror.

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Teen marriage

Teen marriage is the union of two adolescents, ranging in age from 13 to 19, who are joined in marriage.

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The Riches

The Riches (styled as the Ri¢hes in promotional material) is an American television series which was originally broadcast from March 12, 2007, to April 29, 2008, on FX.

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Tinker

Tinker or tinkerer is an archaic term used to describe an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils.

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Traveller (1997 film)

Traveller is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Jack N. Green and starring Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg and Julianna Margulies.

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Tuam

Tuam) is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is situated west of the midlands of Ireland, approximately north of Galway city. Human existence in the area dates to the Bronze Age while the historic period dates from the 6th century. The town became increasingly important in the 11th and 12th centuries in political and religious aspects of Ireland. The market-based layout of the town and square indicates the importance of commerce.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Census

The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States...

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University College Dublin

University College, Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD; An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a research university in Dublin, Ireland.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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Vocabulary

A vocabulary is a set of familiar words within a person's language.

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Wage labour

Wage labour (also wage labor in American English) is the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer, where the worker sells his or her labour under a formal or informal employment contract.

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White Settlement, Texas

White Settlement is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a northwestern suburb of Fort Worth.

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Xenophobia

Xenophobia is the fear and distrust of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange.

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Yenish people

The Yenish (French: Yéniche; German: Jenische) are the third-largest population of itinerant people all over Europe, living mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and parts of France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers

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